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ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comSat, 10 Dec 2016 01:04:59 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: thepenaltyflaghttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/roddy-white-if-i-cant-walk-when-im-50-it-was-well-worth-it/#comment-1776261
Thu, 10 May 2012 08:02:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1776261At least he’s being honest but what is his family going to think about that when he’s 50. Thanks for the money and being set for life Dad, but I sure wish you could walk me down the isle.
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Thu, 10 May 2012 07:53:39 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1776256It might be worth it nowadays, but was it worth it for the older players that now have no money and crap insurance?
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Thu, 10 May 2012 07:09:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1776243Roddy’s stance is his prerogative whether you agree or not. BUT it’s sure easy in this day of awareness to get on the soapbox and claim YOU’RE aware of the risks and willing to take them. Players, not too far back, might have been negligently uninformed of risks they were taking playing through concussions by college and pro team doctors. Dielman’s retirement is proof some of these guys don’t want the risk. If Seau, Duerson, etc. were informed what was happening to their brains when they were Roddy’s age maybe they would have played and maybe they wouldn’t. I don’t really care. The point Roddy might not be considering is the alumni who were taken advantage of and dealing with a number of health issues, not to mention dementia and depression, in their retirement. Those alumni are his brothers and their situation has potentially not been adequately addressed by his employer. While they’re pleading their case I hope Roddy didn’t have too tough of a time typing his opinion on Twitter.
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Thu, 10 May 2012 06:22:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1776233It’s a simple risk/reward ratio….odds are that you’ll be able to walk when you’re fifty. But there is a slight chance you won’t be able to. The reward is to be wealthy and famous while you are still young enough to enjoy it.

So you can have the reward with a less than 1% chance that you won’t be able to walk at age 50. Let’s face it, most former NFL players can walk. I think everyone would take the chance if given the opportunity.

Linemen have it the worst, those guys are lucky to still be alive at age 50. It’s not football’s fault though. They are so big that their hearts just can’t pump all that blood for too many years.

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Thu, 10 May 2012 05:32:37 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1776217White’s attitude, and indeed the whole “players know and agree to the risks” mentality, is all fine and dandy as long as we’re only talking about the present set of NFL players. It does absolutely nothing to address the concern of the likes of Kurt Warner and other parents of the next generation of would-be players that the sport may be too inherently dangerous to allow their sons to play. If anything, it may just reinforce that notion.

White, already being in the NFL, “only” has to worry about not being able to walk when he’s 50. Parents have to worry about the possibility of their kid still living with them when he’s 50 and they’re 80 because he wrecked his brain playing football in his youth and is now unable to support himself or even function on his own.

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Thu, 10 May 2012 05:09:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1776199I’d like you to quit talking now!
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Thu, 10 May 2012 02:37:54 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1776029What’s up with all the false bravado about people thinking it is so easy to be stuck in a wheelchair, with debilitating side effects from too many concussions? A few $$$ million and you’d give up your health? Are those really your priorities? I think some of PFT Planet need to work on their empathy.
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Thu, 10 May 2012 01:57:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775977Easy to say when you 20 something, not so much when your 40 something…….. young and dumb……..
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Thu, 10 May 2012 01:45:16 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775958I would sign a contract right now giving up both my legs at 50 to make the money White does and play in the NFL. The financail security for my family would easily trump any sacrifice I have to make. Not to mention getting to play football for a living.

I mean I could get shipped out tomorrow and lose alot more for alot less, as thousands of my brothers have already done.

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Thu, 10 May 2012 01:27:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775939You wont be sayin that when youre 50
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Thu, 10 May 2012 01:25:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775937White’s comments are like the outcome of the draft. Let’s check back in 25 years and see what he thinks then. That being said, I agree with him in terms of these guys “signing up” to play a violent game. Everyone knows guys are bigger, stronger, and faster, but the difference is the total lack of respect for an opponents health–the mentality. Hitting to the whistle is great, but sometimes you have to have an understanding of a situation in terms of when to light someone up and when not to. If the players today really care about each other–you know, they are all union brothers after all, then they should show some restraint on the field in a lot of instances.

With regards to the concussion lawsuits, the older players (pre 1990s) played at a time when doctors and players “just didn’t know” the consequences of concussions. At least, that’s what I hear in every interview about the topic. I certainly feel bad for the old timers suffering, but they gotta stop. I’m sorry. I’m with them in fighting for better pensions, but to sue the league over an issue where there wasn’t a lot of info at the time? It’s ridiculous. Like I said, maybe if the current union members took care of these guys sooner, it wouldn’t be an issue.

I know there was the one team doctor for the Jets from some time ago that was stonewalling the concussion discussions, and the players that played under the care of this particular physician certainly have a claim if any diagnosis was held back. But, quite frankly, I’m tired of this issue.

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Thu, 10 May 2012 01:20:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775930I can’t put myself in Roddy’s shoes because I have no idea what he came from so it’s not my place to disagree with his stance and I respect that he’s aware of the risk he’s taking. BUT if you offered me 5-10 years of fame and the money to last a lifetime at the cost of me not walking at 50 I would tell you to kick rocks. I like the NFL game and enjoy fantasy football but some of you are dead wrong when you say all fans universally want what they have and would gladly trade places with them. I make a decent living and, God willing, will be walking just fine when I’m 50 so no thank you.
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Thu, 10 May 2012 01:14:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775923dl3mk3 says: May 9, 2012 5:19 PM

i agree with white with regards to the here and now, but the money wasnt that good not to long ago, those are the former players who should be helped
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You hit the nail on the head. Guys playing back in the 70’s had other jobs to make ends meet, they played a “rough” game for the simple love for it. Players nowadays should be smart about their money and plan for the possible inevitable but some of the older generations didnt have the luxury of substantial income coming from the NFL, those heros of the game should be compensated.

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Thu, 10 May 2012 01:13:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775922He says that now. After a couple years out of the league, he to will be suing the NFL for long-term concussions symptoms.
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Thu, 10 May 2012 01:12:22 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775920Yeah im not gonna lie i respect Roddy White even more now for saying that, thats a player who understands why he gets paid what he does
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Thu, 10 May 2012 00:03:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775826My man! You get paid well for a reason.
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Thu, 10 May 2012 00:03:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775825Sbxxix,
Roddy has kids, yes he can name them all and he takes care of them…very well in fact from the millions he earns from playing a kids game.

Roddy may spout off at times on Twitter but the guy is right every person that played football growing up would trade places with any NFL player in a heartbeat even the practice squad guys.

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Wed, 09 May 2012 23:39:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775769this is not the 50’s 60’s 70’s and 80’s. These guys nowadays have the best medical personnel, the best treatment, the most money, etc.

You are not going to see the types of old timers in 15 to 30 years that you see now. Those old timers played a brutal sport with no medical aid almost.

Alot of guys played in a time when an ACL tear meant your career is over. Now you miss a season.

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Wed, 09 May 2012 23:35:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775760finally a realist. I will love the guy from now on for his realism and understanding that alot of these brainless guys have. Sue the Nfl after u made $..c’mon…
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Wed, 09 May 2012 23:17:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775721These guys know it’s a violent sport when they start playing. You don’t hear vets complaining about what we chose to do as a career and we didn’t make anything near what these guys make/made and got shot at to boot,
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Wed, 09 May 2012 23:15:36 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775715Yay Roddy! You played a game you love and you got PAID for it. I’d have done the same thing.
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Wed, 09 May 2012 23:03:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775693It is of my thoughts, that this portayal of player pre-destiny as disabled in both mind & mechanic, is a picture painted with broad strokes. It captures the mood & is impressive, but is short of the clarity of your own eyes. There is something to look at, but the scale is inaccurate & this will be shown. Nature vs nurture & the truth is in between. Only nurture is in play for us humans… & that part is in evolution. Prevention is the only thing that matters. Football will survive
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Wed, 09 May 2012 21:58:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775575diamong says:
May 9, 2012 5:38 PM
If you take away the millions of dollars he’s going to earn over his career, would he still be saying this?
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Thats the point. There is no “if” for these players.
They love the game, and are well (over)compensated.

Who takes more risks? Thanks for being wise Roddy, I appreciate people that use their brain and not looking to screw someone over and make more money for themselves. By the way, Goodell SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

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Wed, 09 May 2012 21:38:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775548If you take away the millions of dollars he’s going to earn over his career, would he still be saying this?
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Wed, 09 May 2012 21:33:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775542As others have articulated, I suspect he would feel differently at 50. That being said, the likelihood is far, far greater for RB’s and lineman to actually pay that price than WR’s.
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Wed, 09 May 2012 21:32:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775536A broken body just means that you had a great life.
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Wed, 09 May 2012 21:30:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775534Respects to Roddy White. Most fans would give an arm and a limb to play but can’t. Roddy just earns props in my books
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Wed, 09 May 2012 21:30:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775532Well put. Finally, a voice of reason.
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Wed, 09 May 2012 21:27:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=700178#comment-1775529he says this…but in reality besides Kicker and punter, he gets hit the least on the field…just my opinion
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